Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Senior Officer, South East Asia
Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Senior Officer, Southeast Asia
Partnerships For Forests (P4F)
The Position
Palladium is hiring a regional Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Senior Officer to join the Southeast Asia team working on a large-scale five-year global sustainable land-use programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
The CSE Senior Officer for Southeast Asia will lead the delivery of regional programme communications both internally and externally, and the engagement of key regional stakeholders. The CSE Senior Officer will support the Regional Manager, coordinating closely with the central CSE Lead, based in the UK, and wider CSE team across all regions. The Senior Associate will also work closely with the wider CSE team who will support on the delivery of programme communications activities across all the regions.
The Officer will also act as Project Officer on selected, relevant projects in the portfolio.
The role is offered full time (40 hours) based in our Indonesia office in Jakarta. It is expected the person works from the office at least 3 days per week (pro rata if part-time). We have flexible working conditions to enable our staff to balance their work and home commitments.
About Palladium
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,200 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
Programme context
The second phase of Partnerships for Forests (P4F) is the flagship programme in the Nature Based Capital and Climate, Environment and Natural Resources practice area at Palladium. Building on the strong foundations of P4F (which ran from 2015 to 2024), the second phase will catalyse investment into inclusive, sustainable businesses, that support growth and livelihoods, and protect and restore forests, ensuring that value flows back to forest-based communities and smallholder farmers across the tropical belt. The programme will operate in five globally important forest regions: East Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, West Africa and Central Africa, with a strengthened focus on the latter in this new phase of operations. In all regions, the programme aims to foster long-term sustainability, prosperity and resilience in local economies.
P4F will run for 5 years from 1 February 2025. Depending on performance and subject to funding, the programme may be extended for a further 5 years (up to 2035). The second phase of P4F is funded by the UK government and is one of several activities that sit within the broader Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (IFSLU) Programme.
Primary Responsibilities
Key responsibilities and tasks may include, but are not limited to:
Experience and Attributes
We are committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email rowena.clay@thepalladiumgroup.com.
Partnerships For Forests (P4F)
The Position
Palladium is hiring a regional Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Senior Officer to join the Southeast Asia team working on a large-scale five-year global sustainable land-use programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
The CSE Senior Officer for Southeast Asia will lead the delivery of regional programme communications both internally and externally, and the engagement of key regional stakeholders. The CSE Senior Officer will support the Regional Manager, coordinating closely with the central CSE Lead, based in the UK, and wider CSE team across all regions. The Senior Associate will also work closely with the wider CSE team who will support on the delivery of programme communications activities across all the regions.
The Officer will also act as Project Officer on selected, relevant projects in the portfolio.
The role is offered full time (40 hours) based in our Indonesia office in Jakarta. It is expected the person works from the office at least 3 days per week (pro rata if part-time). We have flexible working conditions to enable our staff to balance their work and home commitments.
About Palladium
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,200 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
Programme context
The second phase of Partnerships for Forests (P4F) is the flagship programme in the Nature Based Capital and Climate, Environment and Natural Resources practice area at Palladium. Building on the strong foundations of P4F (which ran from 2015 to 2024), the second phase will catalyse investment into inclusive, sustainable businesses, that support growth and livelihoods, and protect and restore forests, ensuring that value flows back to forest-based communities and smallholder farmers across the tropical belt. The programme will operate in five globally important forest regions: East Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, West Africa and Central Africa, with a strengthened focus on the latter in this new phase of operations. In all regions, the programme aims to foster long-term sustainability, prosperity and resilience in local economies.
P4F will run for 5 years from 1 February 2025. Depending on performance and subject to funding, the programme may be extended for a further 5 years (up to 2035). The second phase of P4F is funded by the UK government and is one of several activities that sit within the broader Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (IFSLU) Programme.
Primary Responsibilities
Key responsibilities and tasks may include, but are not limited to:
- Communications responsibilities (approximately 50%, based on programme requirements)
- Work closely with the programme’s CSE Lead (based in Bristol) and Regional Manager to design and deliver a CSE strategy and workplan for Southeast Asia that aligns with the global CSE strategy.
- Oversee and coordinate knowledge management and outreach activities for the programme in the Southeast Asia region, to raise awareness of the programme across a range of stakeholders and audiences and promote participation and engagement in the programme by private sector actors, national governments, and international and local civil society organisations.
- Manage the implementation of communications and outreach activities in the Southeast Asia region, including activities to support the identification of projects, activities to review and strengthen the communications activities of partners and grantees, and activities to capture and share learning from the programme in the form of ‘knowledge products’.
- Manage the development of strong and engaging communications and ‘knowledge products’ including presentations, films, blogs, articles, project summaries, press releases, and reports to help convey compelling stories and programme results from Southeast Asia, ensuring the correct use of the programme’s brand assets.
- Work closely with the global central region team in the UK and the Southeast Asia regional team to align regional communications and outreach activities to programme priorities and ensure consistent messaging.
- Plan and deliver online and in-person local and regional events, including programme launch activities, pipeline building events, and webinars and roundtables to share programme learnings with programme stakeholders;
- Coordinatingly closely with the CSE Lead and CSE Officer in the global central team, create social media and digital content for LinkedIn, the website, newsletter, and other digital channels which represent core communications channels for the programme.
- Create, plan and measure effective email communications campaigns and improve the quality of existing contact data in line with GDPR requirements;
- Working closely with the Regional Manager and Southeast Asia team, lead on a mapping exercise of regional stakeholders (e.g. incubators, global commodity platforms, investors, finance networks, corporate and DFIs), and support on designing engagement objectives for different groups;
- Working closely with the Regional Manager and Director, help to maintain relationships with existing and new external stakeholders, support their ongoing engagement with the programme and keep the programme’s contact database up to date;
- Keep the Knowledge Hub for Southeast Asia up to date with new communications outputs and materials, coordinatingly closely with the CSE Lead;
- Support the Regional Manager with the creation of programme reports including the Annual Reports, ensuring correct use of the programme branded assets;
- Support on the delivery of activities and outputs to support the programme’s Learning Agenda;
- Support the CSE Lead in carrying out the annual consultation process (including surveys);
- Support the delivery of communications activities for other climate on nature initiatives for the Southeast Asia region, where there is a need and capacity to do so;
- Support the delivery and response to reputational risk activities;
- Participate in relevant management meetings in relation to communication, knowledge management and/or grants management;
- Support and mentor any junior staff in the regions as requested; and,
- Any other duties reasonably required by the CSE Lead or Southeast Asia Regional Manager.
- Project Officer responsibilities (approximately 50%, based on programme requirements)
- As Project Officer, provide support to selected ‘enabling conditions or demand side measures and other projects as assigned by the Regional Manager.
- Act as the relationship manager for projects and partnerships in sustainable forestry and land use that are being considered for funding or are already receiving support from the programme.
- Work with project leads at partner/grantee organisations, as well as internal and external experts, to strengthen concept notes, project proposals and other documentation for review by management teams and FCDO.
- Oversee the implementation of projects by grantees and subcontractors, in close collaboration with the Grants,
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Communications teams.
- Ensure effective management of projects under implementation and ensure timely reporting and monitoring to achieve project outcomes and impacts.
- Responsible for ensuring projects under implementation achieve programme milestone targets as planned.
- Lead and actively participate in team problem solving sessions and provide data insight and trends.
- Accelerate the development of projects for grants approval/ Technical Assistance approval in the region.
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites for successful implementation of activities.
- Actively participate in relevant stakeholder meetings to build knowledge and engage with key stakeholders in the region.
- Identify opportunities to improve on own competency by undergoing trainings to build ability to contribute to program delivery.
- Any other tasks requested by your Manager.
- The role may include national and international travel.
Experience and Attributes
- Significant experience in communications and outreach and stakeholder engagement, with experience coordinating or supervising others;
- Demonstrated familiarity with donor-funded programmes, particularly in development or sustainable land-use and forestry sectors;
- An excellent communicator who is able to build strong working relationships both internally and externally;
- Demonstrated ability to unpack and communicate complex concepts simply with a range of stakeholders in multi-cultural settings;
- Good knowledge of digital channels and tailoring content to their requirements;
- Strong in use of MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel);
- Proficient in written and spoken English Language;
- Able to work within a fast-paced team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality communications products;
- Excellent organizational and multitasking skills – ability to manage multiple projects comfortably
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities;
- Commitment to promoting sustainability, equity, and inclusion in Communications and Stakeholder Engagement.
- Experience working on sustainable forestry, climate change, sustainable land use sector projects.
- Video production and editing skills.
- Graphic design skills and familiarity with document management, content management and web-based design (e.g. InDesign)
- Proficient in written and spoken Bahasa language spoken in Indonesia.
We are committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email rowena.clay@thepalladiumgroup.com.